The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-12
SOME VERY RICH NEGROES
THEY HAVE ALL MADE FORTUNES BY
THEIR OWN UNAIDED EFFORTS.
This Is Such n Fine Country that Any
body, Whether Hampered by Preju-
dice or Not, Can Get Rich by Dill
gent Effort.

From The New York World.
The best proof OF the material progress
Of the negro race of this country is tn,
nmount of wealth that they have accumu
lated. There are nearly 100000 peopl,
Of African descent in the United States
RAd their accumulated wealth is cs,imatcc
at 500 COO 900. In this age Of money get
ting il might seem from business stand
point that this is small sum for S,00000t
people to boast OF, hui, one must remenl
her that less than thirty wears ago more
than two-thirds OF the negroes were slaves
The wcalthiesi person of the African race
This side OF Mason and niNon's line il DIR
James " Gloucester of Brooklyn. The
Gloucester estate is valued nj 500, 900. In
addition TO this city property, Mr.. Olou
cester owns farm ut Deer park OF pc
acres. which is well stocked. The farm /.
used rs his summer residence, having three
handsome dwellings, one being modern
palace, used by himself and family The
place three months ago was valued az $50,
600. but since the discovery Of q mineral
spring on his place the doctor SAYS that
S50.U could mol purchase H.
The lIcsdri estate. which is now partly
devourcd nv hungry lawyers, would by
this time hc worth $500, 900 had Mr.. and
Mn. llcsdrilivcd. AZ the time Of their
death the property WAS in n ilourishinp
condition an1 valued at S2iO,OO The
foundation of this wealth was laid in a
laundry, which had lis origin in a base
mcnt in this city Its successful growth
was due Ia safe Investments in real estate
The llcsdra- we've formerly slaves and
came 10 this city about thirty wears ago.
The accumulation Of wealth IN cities
outside OF New York State hy persons ot
African descent j. due more 90 hard labor
than 10 investment in real estate. Those
in the south. q ndmbcr IN the west, and n
few in the east an skilled labOcrs, aud not
few very excellent mechanics Here are
few rich negroes from New Jersey: A.
Nickens owns aud manages q pottery at
lladdOnfeld, from which he turned out
work that outrivnled everything ui its
kind NJ the recent New Orleans exposition
Henry Hopper is worth $4,000 in cash
lie is steam spoke manufacturer, and
has large contracts with the New York
lake Erie a Western railroad. J. NJ
Herbert Is y manufacturer and dealer i'm
upholstery in Trenton, and g.. W. Watson
II chief stakeholder and manager OF a
stockings factory NJ Camden Each ui
these men is said 10 BE- worth from SO, 600
10 SlO0,OOO.
With the exception OF New Orleans,
Philadelphia has more rich negroes than
any other city. About 50 100000 j. ~
.putcd 10 he the combined wealth Of the
sable citizens of the Quaker city. Al
though the leading and most prosperous
vocation is that Of catering there j. a
prosperous class Of coal merchants. real
estate dealers. flour merchants, second
hand furniture dealers and dealers in
chinawaw. one real estate dealer John
Mckee, is said 10 be- the owner of 100
houses, besides properly elsewhere. VIII
lam Still. author III the Underground
railroad. Is coal merchant IN q very cN-
iensivc scale. Ills coal ward il said 10 he
the largest In \mcrica. lie is the owner
al ~ number oi cnal ,nS, large amount
vi real .fiatc, " a siockhnldrr In the
Nation NEWSPAPER, being one III the
originator, and the preseason II u iat hank
account lie h.uns hu,inr,s on u capital
of 81 There an two men worth slOu. 90
each. one worth ~iOOD1. two worth 5000.
one Slh.UpD five SiO.DpO, scycn -. UOl.
thirteen $4,000, seven Sli.Uu. nineteen
Sl0OOO, and twenty-five -. OO0cach There
am q groal many Who ar worth between
VI 900 a,illlb, 90 each.
1ialtiiar, i notable ior hon~e-owners
Everyb0iyN Aircan extraction WIN can
Invests vi ionse Nineteen colored men
oi Baltimore ate siid to bc worth Sstn. Ul
The wcalihioi u Lo-eph Thomas. who X a
loss stcycdorc lie l. worth St0.upn
James l.. Bradford, a green groocf, l.
worth So, OOo, aud Capt. Robcr, Henry, OF
Pocomokc CITY, Is owner II two coastwi-l
vessels. and Il the heaviest color.d tax.
payer IN the city Il Balumow.
Tho tax collector 81 the District al
Columbia isn uogrp, and h the heaviest
tax payer Of his race H. s.i,- that in IN,
District OF Columhia The value NJ the prnp
eriy Of tNo Nirico. American residents ma,
he PLACED NJ $4,000 each. two NJ s7j.Upd
nix nj 50, U1, fifteen NJ 2u.UO. twenty al
$1,000 and fifty nt Si,Oup each. FINDER
" Douglas il sail a. be- worth so. O1a
although hc u only R-s,-s-cd ior SIS. Sp'
neal estate la Rochester, y. y. but ia,
hulk OF his wealth u b siid. j. safely Ia
vested ~ government lnud- The Worm
hy ho'cl, probably the most succcs-iu
public house m Wellington, owes IT, sue
ceo 10 Aames Noiui'r,, u ncgrn. ho lie,
ncenily some Nrar ago Mr. Wuunlc,
bought the hotel un Time iur SOODO. thl
sttaic "a nov sud a. IT, worth sis. OO
W ". lec, a hour merchant, il worl
$4,000.
The general incr,st-. iu the value II rra
etiaic ~ ihc STATE ul Virginia in the las
lev year b said Ia u" dur tn the purrhau
~ and the improvement ui small iarms III
ihe negrocs Samuel Hams, ui Williams
bnrg conducts o business similar Ia tina Il
Mays ~ this city aud IN worth 5000,
IN Petersburg aud Norfolk there arr twcr
" hrms that represent s2OO,UO. la Ricl
h1nd Then h AN African. American harhc
named William Lyons, Who II worth so
90. lie b the wcalthcsi negro In Ricl
mond: William Gray i a butcher aud
considered ON 81 the "bloods' 1T AloNai
Ora, s1a,Vo bving the estimate 1T h
wealth. samuel Bowling j. q brickmakc
I've carried on ulis hu-invs ior thirty ycnl
fauncnvlllc place about thirty mil,
nom Whcr lcr surrendered. Ills rountr
.cai Is said To b. The lyst in that part
the country and $4,000 b. lil 10 be n
cxicui Of hs pile.
North Carolina iakcs the palm cor neg
mechanics. Within her borders arr 10 |
iound Wholesale merchants, wholcsa
manuiaciunn and dealers II tobacc
architects, silycnmiihs, locksmiihS bo
and shoe dealers, and auciunccrs. Siewa
Ellis, Of Raleigh has filed goycrnmc
contract for carpeniering on buildil
worth 10000. W. &. Coleman, wholcsI
and retail merchant at Concord, owns ~
trd Of the finest breed Of horses IN n
hlaie. Miss Drake, an African. Amcric.
o. Nash, took the prize at all the State iai
for The ho.I t,r.,l,.cllo., "a .niln.. m.